verkr

Old Norse edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *warkiz, from *werg- (“to suffer”).

Noun edit

verkr m (genitive verkar, plural verkir)

ache, pain

Declension edit

Declension of verkr (strong i-stem, ar-genitive)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	verkr	verkrinn	verkir	verkirnir
accusative	verk	verkinn	verki	verkina
dative	verk	verkinum	verkum	verkunum
genitive	verkar	verkarins	verka	verkanna

Descendants edit

Icelandic: verkur
Faroese: verkur
Norwegian: verk
Old Swedish: værker
- Swedish: värk
Danish: værk

References edit

“verkr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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